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Multi-periodSite Name: kumbakonam temples Alternative Name: kumpakōṇam,Coombaconum
Country: India Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Thanjavur
Latitude: 10.959526N  Longitude: 79.375531E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Kumbakonam (Tamil: கும்பகோணம்) (kumpakōṇam), also spelt as Coombaconum in the records of British India, is a town and a special grade municipality in the Thanjavur district in the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 40 kilometres from Thanjavur and 273 kilometres from Chennai and is the headquarters of the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district. The town is bounded by two rivers, the Kaveri River to the north and Arasalar River to the south



Kumbakonam dates back to the Sangam period and was ruled by the Early Cholas, Pallavas, Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Pandyas, the Vijayanagar Empire, Madurai Nayaks, Thanjavur Nayaks and the Thanjavur Marathas. It rose to be a prominent city between the 7th and 9th centuries AD, when it served as a capital of the Medieval Cholas

Kumbakonam is known as the "temple town" due to the prevalence of a number of temples here and is noted for its Mahamaham festival which attracts people from all over the globe

The region around Kumbakonam was inhabited as early as the Sangam Age (3rd century BC to 3rd century AD). The present-day Kumbakonam is believed to be the site of the ancient town of Kudavayil where the Early Chola king Karikala held his court. Kumbakonam is identified with the town of Malaikūrram which had served as the Chola capital as early as the 7th century and with the town of Solamaligai which had also served as a Chola capital. Kumbakonam was the site of a battle between the Pallava king Sri Vallabha and the then Pandya king in 859 and between the Pandya king Srimara Pandya and a confederacy of the Cholas and Gangas.
Kumbakonam came into limelight during the rule of the Medieval Cholas who ruled from the 9th century AD to the 12th century AD. The town of Pazhaiyaarai, 8 kilometres from Kumbakonam was the capital of the Chola Empire in the 9th century.



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Re: kumbakonam temples by Runemage on Saturday, 05 February 2011
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Thank-you Motist, what a huge restoration project.
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Re: kumbakonam temples by motist on Tuesday, 18 January 2011
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Here is a youtube clip of the great story regarding the revival of the ancient chariot festival at the Tiruvidaimarudur temple in Tamilnadu. This ancient 'rath yatra' festival that came to a halt 75 years ago features the pulling of an 89 feet chariot by a gathering of 5000. It is being revived after a major renovation on the 19th of January this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZfDhJ6owqQ
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Re: kumbakonam temples by motist on Wednesday, 06 October 2010
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more about kumbakonam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbakonam

http://www.indianetzone.com/26/temples_kumbakonam_tamil_nadu.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temples_of_Kumbakonam
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